An unidentified staff of the World Health Organisation, WHO, Bauchi State Office has tested positive for coronavirus disease. The test result of the patient was received from the officials of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC on Sunday. The WHO staff was said to have returned to Bauchi after having close contact with a … Read more
Barely 24 hours after announcing his recovery from Coronavirus disease, Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed on Friday April 10, attended a crowded Juma’at service at the Bauchi Central Mosque. Speaking during the service, the governor expressed profound gratitude to the people of the state for their immnese support, prayers and compassion through out the quarantine … Read more
Bauchi State has recorded another positive case of COVID-19 bringing the number of positive cases in the state to three including Governor Bala Mohammed. The State deputy governor, Sen Baba Tela while briefing journalists on the daily updates of the virus in the state , said the new case is a 55-year-old man who had … Read more
Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, has given an update concerning his health status, saying that he is doing fine in isolation with no symptoms of the coronavirus. The Governor stated this while replying to a message sent to him by the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara. The PUNCH reports … Read more
28 family members have been burnt beyond recognition in a fatal auto crash that occurred on the Bauchi-Ningi federal highway in Bauchi State. Ekohotblog garnered that the crash occurred in the early hours of Thursday. According to one of the victims’ relations, Abdullahi Yamadi, confirmed the incident and described it as “very sad.” Yamadi, who … Read more
The Court of Appeal sitting in Jos,Plateau state, has adjourned for judgement the appeal of the Bauchi election petition brought before it by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate in the last gubernatorial election, Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar. Ekohotblog recalled that the Election Petition Tribunal had on 7th October, 2019 dismissed the petition of … Read more
– Bauchi state commissioner for finance,Nura Manu Soro resigns as the Government reshuffled cabinet – He said, “I’ve resigned my position as Commissioner of Finance and member of the Bauchi State Executive Council – Few hours after Soro’s resignation, the Bauchi State Government announced a minor reshuffle of the State Executive Council, which included Soro … Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) in Bauchi State has revealed why ex-Governor Mohammed Abubakar of the All Progressives Congress, APC, lost his reelection bid during the March 8, governorship election. The party’s chairman in the state, Hamza Koshe Akuyam, spoke during a media chat organised by the state governor, Bala Mohammed, on Sunday in … Read more
At least 2 students have been reported dead with many missing after an access bridge collapsed during a rainstorm at the Gubi campus of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa university, Bauchi. Vanguard reports that students came out in their numbers to protest the death of their fellow students who died as a result of the collapsed bridge. … Read more
A Fulani socio-cultural association, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bauchi State chapter, has appealed to the state government to establish additional earth dams and expand grazing reserve areas in the state. The state chairman of the association, Alhaji Muhammadu Hussaini, made the appeal when he interacted with reporters in Bauchi Sunday. He said, “The additional earth … Read more
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has directed the State’s Head of Service (HoS) and Civil Service Commission, to fish out ghost workers and block leakages in the civil service. Mohammed issued the directive on Saturday in Bauchi at a ministerial briefing by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). The governor, who noted that most of the … Read more
The Bauchi Police Command has announced a new Commissioner of Police which has been posted to Bauchi State to take over from the outgoing Police Commissioner, Ali Janga. In a recent statement released to newsmen in Bauchi, the Public Relations Officer of the Command, Kamal Datti said the new Police Commissioner, CP Habu Sani Ahmadu … Read more